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fellah. (13) Part of the ankle-bone, built into 
the pavement of the pylon. (14) The upper part 
of the foot (Plan, 23), a block 64 wide, 60 long, 
and 27 to 36 thick. (16) The toes of the right 
foot (Plan, 24) as already described. Most pro¬ 
bably a great part of the blocks of the pylon are 
cut out of the statue, as the majority of such 
pieces would not have outside surfaces left on 
them, by which they could be identified. Certainly 
the blocks of the pavement in front of the pylon 
are curved away on the lower side, in a manner 
which suggests that they also are fragments of 
the colossus. 
Thus we have here recovered some notion of 
what must have been the glory of the capital of 
the Delta, towering above all the surrounding 
buildings, a figure seen for miles across the 
plains, as the sign of the power and magnifi¬ 
cence of the great Ramessu ; a colossus unsur¬ 
passed by any monolith of previous or later times. 
29. The next most important figures were two 
that stood on either side in front of the pylon 
(Plan, 7 and 9) ; at least, in the arrangement of 
Sheshonk III., and most probably also in the origi¬ 
nal plan of Ramessu II. These collossi were cut 
in red granite, and measured 221 inches high for 
the figure, 42 more for the crown, and 45 for the 
pedestal; in all 308 inches, or 25f feet. They 
were inscribed down each side, on the back of the 
pilaster, and around the base. So far as these 
inscriptions remained legible and accessible, they 
are given in Nos. 32 and 33. These colossi are 
now weathered and broken ; the northern one is 
in three parts, and the southern in four. The 
northern figure has on the inner side of the slab 
between the legs one of the sons of Ramessu, 
and on the outer side one of his wives, but the 
inscriptions are gone. The southern statue has 
also a female figure on the outer side, but the inner 
side is buried, and to cut away the earth would 
ensure the block falling over. The fragments of 
inscriptions seen on the base are only the usual 
titles. 
A more interesting set of colossi are the two 
pairs in the temple, carved in sandstone. They 
are of the usual stumpy school of Silsileh, but the 
inscriptions are of value. The southern figure of 
the eastern pair (Plan, 68) is the most complete ; 
the lower legs, the thighs, the body, and head, 
and the upper part of the crown, are the several 
parts which would fit with scarcely any loss. On 
the chest is the beautifully arranged pectoral plate 
(86 b) ; on the right shoulder the cartouche (35 a); 
on the belt the unusual name of the monument, 
Ra messu ur menmi, given in (36 o;) on the base the 
end of an inscription (35 f); on the outer side of 
the slab connecting the legs the inscription (35 e), 
accompanying a figure of Bataanta (Konigsbuch), 
or Bant-anta (Wiedemann), his beloved daughter, 
who accompanies him at Abu Simbel, Silsileh, 
and Karnak; and on the inner side of this slab 
the inscription 35 n, with the figure of his other- 
daughter Amenmerit apparently. 
The northern statue of the eastern pair (Plan, 
69) is more injured, and the head is lost ; it has 
on the belt the inscription 36 a, with the less 
usual name Ea user ma meri ma. If this be 
an error, it is noticeable that the only other 
mistake I have seen was also on sandstone, the 
reversal of the su on the obelisk built into, the 
pylon, but in that case the error was corrected. 
On the back of the statue is the inscription 36 c; 
and on the slab, between the legs, on the inner 
side, the inscription 86 b and the figure of his 
wife Maatnoferu, daughter of the chief of the 
Khita. 
Of the southern statue of the western pair only 
fragments remain (Plan, 54); on these is the 
pectoral plate 37 a ; the cartouche on the shoulder, 
37 B ; and the broken inscription 37 c, with a 
figure of his daughter Bant-anta, like that on 
the southern statue of the eastern pair. The 
northern statue of the west pair is entirely 
destroyed, only a few shapeless pieces of stone 
remaining. 
These colossi were all of one size and work, 
and from the most complete we may see that 
